Attempting to fix travis error 'indirect modification of overloaded property has no effect'.

1 files changed, 3 insertions, 4 deletions

diff --git a/core/Config.php b/core/Config.php
index 362f0e7005..698dc28a08 100644
--- a/core/Config.php
+++ b/core/Config.php
@@ -422,12 +422,11 @@ class Config extends Singleton
         }
 
         $section =& $this->settings->get($name);
-
         if ($section === null) {
-            return array();
-        } else {
-            return $section;
+            $section = array();
         }
+
+        return $section;
     }
 
     public function getFromGlobalConfig($name)